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Magnus Maximus. AD 383-388. AR Siliqua (15.5mm, 1.46 g, 6h). Londinium (London) mint. D N MAG MA XIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [VICT]ORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory, draped, seated right on cuirass, supporting shield with left hand and left knee and inscribing VOT/ V/ MVLT/ X on it with stylus held in right hand; winged Genius to right, standing left, supporting the shield with both hands; [AV]GOB. RIC IX –; RSC –. Toned, crystallized. VF. Unique and unpublished. Fragile.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Triton XIII (4 January 2010), lot 409.
While this reverse type is known for a Treveri mint semissis of this emperor, the mint mark of this coin corresponds to London. The similarity of reverse types suggests that Maximus may have intended to strike semisses at London in addition to his issue of solidi. If this was the case, the idea was evidently abandoned in favor of using the reverse die to strike this siliqua.
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